You must be fucking kidding! These particles, if they exist and the article implies they do and you base your conclusion on the article, have the mass of approximately one metric ton. Since gravity increases at r squared as you get close to the gravitational center, it means that there are FATASTIC gravitational forces in the near proximity of this particle. Add to this the speed of approximately 400 Km/s: not only would it poke a hole in your body, it would make a very fine pulp of you, and spread it all over the place.
Just to illustrate the effect: the Steyr flechette anti-material guns (IWS 2000/2500 and the like, not the AUG) fire a tungsten flechette at the speed of 2000 m/s, and if it hits you it creates a 20-30 cm diameter crater at the exit - very messy.
It's nice to see that nvidia is thinking of these things. Well, most likely, they had to. In other words, I think touching the heatsink on this card is definitely not a good idea. Unless you want to tatoo yourself a la "Raiders of the lost ark":o)
I must admit, however, that I am impressed by this heatsink, too.
You are right. I wasn't remembering correctly. I did remember, though, that the Balck Hole Generator was a real killer. The Mauler Device was even better, but by the time you invented it (if you had time to invent it) the opponents were somewhat prepared for it.
If not, you could at least go and bust the Guardian on Orion. The Mauler Device was about right for the task.
I already tried to reply, but something with Slashdot is buggered. It was a rather long post, but the juice of it is: The MPAA, as a consortium, is in a good position to engage in price fixing and it might be doing that. I am not arguing that the MPAA does not engage in price fixing. I am making the narrower point that charging different buyers different prices does not constitute price fixing. Rather, different producers agreeing among themselves to not sell below a fixed minimum price is what constitutes price fixing. Exactly correct: price fixing is when companies secretly agree on non-competing, like those two auction houses (I don't remember their names, but you as a New-Yorkian might know the affair better). I have been using the term somewhat incorrectly.
However, I have a case against price discrimination, and that's because, in my own experience, most of the time it's unjust. I make about 20K$US/year in Finland (senior IT worker), while I would do in the range of 35-45 in UK, yet some stuff here is more expensive than in UK. Finland is actually one of the most expensive countries in Europe. It gets even worse: I was born in Croatia, where my salary was about 4K$US/year, and yet a lot of goods were more expensive than in Finland! Mostly tech stuff.
But I also see how I can agree with your points (the evidence for my case is, you could argue, "coincidental"). You clarified very well the difference between price-fixing and price discrimination - something I completely failed to address.
In Master of Orion, the antimatter drive counted as a serious technological advantage. I could colonize stars that were 7 parsecs away;o) Plus increased mobility in combat.
I think better than that was singularity drive. Something with a black hole formed in the proximity of your spaceship (a la "Event Horizon").
BTW, I'm talking about MOO 1. The first and still the best.
I see your point, but I would like to point out a gross inaccuracy of this system: the whole of Europe is region 2, yet in Europe you have countries like UK (very high salaries, comparable to US), Finland (high standard but salaries about 1/2 of those in UK) and Albania (low standard, salaries approximately 1/30 of UK). I hope you see where I'm headed. Other regions have similar or even greater disparities (region 4 comes to mind).
But, even if we accept your argument completely 100%, i.e. that region coding would allow for accurate price fixing to adjust to the target market's financial strength, it's still price fixing, the thing that Nintendo got punished for.
So, do you actually support price fixing? I am not attacking you at all, I respect your opinion, I just want to see if this is the logical conclusion of your standpoint.
The big changes were the loss of the ability to edit the configuration files; especially in regards to selecting which services start during boot. It proved almost impossible, for instance, to keep portmap from starting without mucking about in the bowels of the boot sequence. It seemed to us that 8.0 was aimed squarely at the desktop market and its functionality as a server was reduced.
Then you should be actually happy about UnitedLinux: it's a hardened Linux with only SSH running after installation, and applications and kenrel tuned for server work. By all means, try the beta, it's now the most secure box in my network, I coulnd't find a single vulnerability.
It's a good question, but not particularly insightful: I ask this question myself about almost any software product, at any new release. Do I want ot buy the new MakingWaves? Do I want to buy the new Finale?
Honestly, if 1.0 will be considerably cleaner than the beta I tried, I think I'll buy it. The reason is, I already found the beta very useful, because it contained various tools to assess the security of my network and to manage the network traffic. And the UnitedLinux bodx itself was "hardened". I couldn't find a single known vulnerability of this server. A great proposition for companies paranoid about security (ideally, all the companies).
In fact, I could start selling the service of installing secure linux servers. The UnitedLinux distro would help me a lot in this regard. Hmmm... the more I think about it, the more I like the idea.
Me too (betatested, that is). I was dismayed they didn't integrate COAS into it. I liked COAS.
On the other hand, I have to admit they packed a LOT of server and network management-related utilities in it.
All in all, it felt rather solid and professional. yast was a bit buggy and some features were missing, apparently. I am totally curious how the configuration is in the final product.
quote: "I have no doubt that by the end of the decade, we will have a laser weapon installed on a Joint Strike Fighter jet or an AC-130 gunship."
There is something distinctly humorous in having the JSF and the AC-130 in the same sentence, side by side.
And here's the question: can anyone tell me how exactly would lasers be effective against targets with very shiny surfaces? Silver-coated mirrors are able to to reflect 99.92% of the light - therefore, they absorbe less than 1/1000th of the energy. Does it mean that these lasers have to be built with a thousand-times overhead??
I don't think the example applies very well. In your case, an Entity is selling it's assets on the free market.
In the case of this article we're talking about a merger. Two entities are "moving together" to form a larger one.
To put it plainly, I'll make an analogy: John Smith (uses Windows2k) and Sara Doe (uses WindowsXP) get married. She becomes Sara Smith. Does it mean she has to buy a new license for WindowsXP? I don't think so.
Agreed. I really don't understand this guy, but then, I never had such a rare computer by my hands. I guess the more you have the less you appreciate it.
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(I say "calculators" because I think that computer is underrated).
I have studied about these machines at Uni (I studied in eastern Europe): they use fluids and analog pseudo-circuits to create things like integrators, adders etc. and are capable of solving systems of differential equations in real time. This kind of equations is still a non-trivial problem for digital computers.
However, with the advent of gigabit-clocked CPUs, these machines are definitely out. Their models are, sometimes, replicated in software, though.
Oh yes, and thanks for posting it: I heard that quote, and in fact, today I was thinking how apropos it would have been if I mentioned it.
With the caveat that those whom I respect most don't do it for themselves but for the common good. I don't say there are many I respect in that manner:o)
God, speaking to one of his underlings after the creation of the earth is pointing at some of its wonders. God says, "oh, and this is Canada, it will have a democratic and peacefull native people, it will have unequalled natural beauty, Mountains, seashore, Wild places like nowhere else... later, a great nation will be formed there. One of peace, tolerance, dialogue and understanding. They will not make wars with their enemies, they will appeal to man's good nature. They will care and respect one another. These Canadians will have the respect of other great peoples, but be humble and honest -- respectfull and mindfull of the virtue of others.
to which, God's pion replies "So, these natives will be called Canadians and will inherit this glorious land?"
The more I read about his guy the more I respect him. He let himself ridiculed in order to inform the public at large about important issues. Issues not easily understood by most people and yet, that will affect everybody's life.
RMS is being laughed at by people like you, but I believe humanity has a chance of advancing because of RMS and people like him. People who's vision goes beyond their own good.
No, I don't have the courage to do things RMS does, but that doesn't mean I don't think highly of him.
NetWare uses DOS just as a bootloader. It has nothing to do with DOS. In fact, NetWare is a scalable multiprocessor, memory protected OS. It has as much to do with DOS as Linux has with LILO.
I don't agree, because RIAA's attitude has always been "We want all the money", not "We want more money". That's why RIAA has always tried to control. Comprehensive control of the whole chain, up to the point where the music they sell you can not be copied for backup! There is a software company with exaclty the same attitude, a software company not anymore happy with selling you software, they want to control where you install that software; and more than that, they now want to rent you software so that you have to pay for it on an ongoing basis. Guess who they are? Hint: it's Microsoft.
And as we are happily chitt-chatting, RIAA is coming up with schemes where they can rent music in digital form, which expires or just can't be played on unauthorized equipment. RIAA is coming up with ways to rent you music, where your freedom will be even more controlled.
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You must be fucking kidding!
These particles, if they exist and the article implies they do and you base your conclusion on the article, have the mass of approximately one metric ton. Since gravity increases at r squared as you get close to the gravitational center, it means that there are FATASTIC gravitational forces in the near proximity of this particle. Add to this the speed of approximately 400 Km/s: not only would it poke a hole in your body, it would make a very fine pulp of you, and spread it all over the place.
Just to illustrate the effect: the Steyr flechette anti-material guns (IWS 2000/2500 and the like, not the AUG) fire a tungsten flechette at the speed of 2000 m/s, and if it hits you it creates a 20-30 cm diameter crater at the exit - very messy.
It's nice to see that nvidia is thinking of these things. :o)
Well, most likely, they had to. In other words, I think touching the heatsink on this card is definitely not a good idea. Unless you want to tatoo yourself a la "Raiders of the lost ark"
I must admit, however, that I am impressed by this heatsink, too.
You are right. I wasn't remembering correctly. I did remember, though, that the Balck Hole Generator was a real killer. The Mauler Device was even better, but by the time you invented it (if you had time to invent it) the opponents were somewhat prepared for it.
If not, you could at least go and bust the Guardian on Orion. The Mauler Device was about right for the task.
Yes, I know. Only 3 PCI slots.
I already tried to reply, but something with Slashdot is buggered.
It was a rather long post, but the juice of it is:
The MPAA, as a consortium, is in a good position to engage in price fixing and it might be doing that. I am not arguing that the MPAA does not engage in price fixing. I am making the narrower point that charging different buyers different prices does not constitute price fixing. Rather, different producers agreeing among themselves to not sell below a fixed minimum price is what constitutes price fixing.
Exactly correct: price fixing is when companies secretly agree on non-competing, like those two auction houses (I don't remember their names, but you as a New-Yorkian might know the affair better). I have been using the term somewhat incorrectly.
However, I have a case against price discrimination, and that's because, in my own experience, most of the time it's unjust. I make about 20K$US/year in Finland (senior IT worker), while I would do in the range of 35-45 in UK, yet some stuff here is more expensive than in UK. Finland is actually one of the most expensive countries in Europe.
It gets even worse: I was born in Croatia, where my salary was about 4K$US/year, and yet a lot of goods were more expensive than in Finland! Mostly tech stuff.
But I also see how I can agree with your points (the evidence for my case is, you could argue, "coincidental"). You clarified very well the difference between price-fixing and price discrimination - something I completely failed to address.
In Master of Orion, the antimatter drive counted as a serious technological advantage. I could colonize stars that were 7 parsecs away ;o) Plus increased mobility in combat.
I think better than that was singularity drive. Something with a black hole formed in the proximity of your spaceship (a la "Event Horizon").
BTW, I'm talking about MOO 1. The first and still the best.
I see your point, but I would like to point out a gross inaccuracy of this system: the whole of Europe is region 2, yet in Europe you have countries like UK (very high salaries, comparable to US), Finland (high standard but salaries about 1/2 of those in UK) and Albania (low standard, salaries approximately 1/30 of UK). I hope you see where I'm headed. Other regions have similar or even greater disparities (region 4 comes to mind).
But, even if we accept your argument completely 100%, i.e. that region coding would allow for accurate price fixing to adjust to the target market's financial strength, it's still price fixing, the thing that Nintendo got punished for.
So, do you actually support price fixing? I am not attacking you at all, I respect your opinion, I just want to see if this is the logical conclusion of your standpoint.
The big changes were the loss of the ability to edit the configuration files; especially in regards to selecting which services start during boot. It proved almost impossible, for instance, to keep portmap from starting without mucking about in the bowels of the boot sequence. It seemed to us that 8.0 was aimed squarely at the desktop market and its functionality as a server was reduced.
Then you should be actually happy about UnitedLinux: it's a hardened Linux with only SSH running after installation, and applications and kenrel tuned for server work. By all means, try the beta, it's now the most secure box in my network, I coulnd't find a single vulnerability.
Price discrimination is when a single producer charges different customes different prices.
This is exactly what the MPAA is doing with region coding. I don't know if they'll get slapped for it, ever.
It's a good question, but not particularly insightful: I ask this question myself about almost any software product, at any new release. Do I want ot buy the new MakingWaves? Do I want to buy the new Finale?
Honestly, if 1.0 will be considerably cleaner than the beta I tried, I think I'll buy it. The reason is, I already found the beta very useful, because it contained various tools to assess the security of my network and to manage the network traffic. And the UnitedLinux bodx itself was "hardened". I couldn't find a single known vulnerability of this server. A great proposition for companies paranoid about security (ideally, all the companies).
In fact, I could start selling the service of installing secure linux servers. The UnitedLinux distro would help me a lot in this regard. Hmmm... the more I think about it, the more I like the idea.
Me too (betatested, that is). I was dismayed they didn't integrate COAS into it. I liked COAS.
On the other hand, I have to admit they packed a LOT of server and network management-related utilities in it.
All in all, it felt rather solid and professional. yast was a bit buggy and some features were missing, apparently. I am totally curious how the configuration is in the final product.
quote: "I have no doubt that by the end of the decade, we will have a laser weapon installed on a Joint Strike Fighter jet or an AC-130 gunship."
There is something distinctly humorous in having the JSF and the AC-130 in the same sentence, side by side.
And here's the question: can anyone tell me how exactly would lasers be effective against targets with very shiny surfaces? Silver-coated mirrors are able to to reflect 99.92% of the light - therefore, they absorbe less than 1/1000th of the energy. Does it mean that these lasers have to be built with a thousand-times overhead??
I don't think the example applies very well. In your case, an Entity is selling it's assets on the free market.
In the case of this article we're talking about a merger. Two entities are "moving together" to form a larger one.
To put it plainly, I'll make an analogy: John Smith (uses Windows2k) and Sara Doe (uses WindowsXP) get married. She becomes Sara Smith. Does it mean she has to buy a new license for WindowsXP? I don't think so.
Hi, by pure chance I saw this ad on the "Finnish eBay": the guys is selling a Salora Fellow with accessories.
On huuto.net
I thought you might be interested
Agreed. I really don't understand this guy, but then, I never had such a rare computer by my hands. I guess the more you have the less you appreciate it.
Solaris and slow I/O in the same sentence? Solaris is all about efficient I/O, where it counts for a server: disks, controllers and network.
sorry, s/gigabit/gigahertz/
(I say "calculators" because I think that computer is underrated).
I have studied about these machines at Uni (I studied in eastern Europe): they use fluids and analog pseudo-circuits to create things like integrators, adders etc. and are capable of solving systems of differential equations in real time. This kind of equations is still a non-trivial problem for digital computers.
However, with the advent of gigabit-clocked CPUs, these machines are definitely out. Their models are, sometimes, replicated in software, though.
Oh yes, and thanks for posting it: I heard that quote, and in fact, today I was thinking how apropos it would have been if I mentioned it.
:o)
With the caveat that those whom I respect most don't do it for themselves but for the common good. I don't say there are many I respect in that manner
I have a slightly modified bersion of that joke:
God, speaking to one of his underlings after the creation of the earth is pointing at some of its wonders. God says, "oh, and this is Canada, it will have a democratic and peacefull native people, it will have unequalled natural beauty, Mountains, seashore, Wild places like nowhere else... later, a great nation will be formed there. One of peace, tolerance, dialogue and understanding. They will not make wars with their enemies, they will appeal to man's good nature. They will care and respect one another. These Canadians will have the respect of other great peoples, but be humble and honest -- respectfull and mindfull of the virtue of others.
to which, God's pion replies "So, these natives will be called Canadians and will inherit this glorious land?"
God replies "well, its not that simple...."
The more I read about his guy the more I respect him. He let himself ridiculed in order to inform the public at large about important issues. Issues not easily understood by most people and yet, that will affect everybody's life.
RMS is being laughed at by people like you, but I believe humanity has a chance of advancing because of RMS and people like him. People who's vision goes beyond their own good.
No, I don't have the courage to do things RMS does, but that doesn't mean I don't think highly of him.
NetWare uses DOS just as a bootloader. It has nothing to do with DOS. In fact, NetWare is a scalable multiprocessor, memory protected OS. It has as much to do with DOS as Linux has with LILO.
I don't agree, because RIAA's attitude has always been "We want all the money", not "We want more money". That's why RIAA has always tried to control. Comprehensive control of the whole chain, up to the point where the music they sell you can not be copied for backup! There is a software company with exaclty the same attitude, a software company not anymore happy with selling you software, they want to control where you install that software; and more than that, they now want to rent you software so that you have to pay for it on an ongoing basis. Guess who they are? Hint: it's Microsoft.
And as we are happily chitt-chatting, RIAA is coming up with schemes where they can rent music in digital form, which expires or just can't be played on unauthorized equipment. RIAA is coming up with ways to rent you music, where your freedom will be even more controlled.
Yeah, a good spanking, surely.
This seems like right-smack from the (I think, excellent) movie "Gattaca"
If you saw this movie, you would see how this could be dangerously misused. Of course, it all dependence on the type of government we'll have.